[Gbrooks-promo] This week in Camptonville, California -- upcoming Singapore, New Jersey and Stanford Jazz

Mon May 8 13:37:36 PDT 2017

Dear friends –

A few wonderful events coming up shortly in *California, Singapore, New
Jersey* and the *Stanford Jazz Festival*…..I hope you will enjoy.

*May 13th – Camptonville, CA*

*May 21st – Esplanade, Singapore*

*May 25th Rutgers, NJ*

*June 25th Stanford Jazz Festival, CA*

Firstly, this Saturday night, a rare US appearance of the *Elements Trio*
featuring *Gwyneth Wentink* on harp and *Kala Ramnath* on violin and vocals
along with me on sax. We will be performing at the *Camptonville Performing
Arts Center* in Camptonville, CA as part of the Sri Moonshine Music Series,
curated by *Terry Riley.*

This is a bit of a trek for our Bay Area friends…but well worth the effort.
I suggest you make a weekend of it and enjoy the beautiful Sierra
Foothills…made even more lovely by this year’s bountiful rainfall.

Some lodging recommendations in the area….

*Overnight Accommodations*

                  Very near Camptonville – Willow Creek Campground…and
Cabins – *Good *-

                  http://willowcreekcampground.net/home/cabins/

20 minutes from Camptonville

                  Milano’s Inn – North San Juan, CA – *Nice* -
http://milanosinn.com/

30 – 40 minutes from Camptonville

                  *Romantic Get-Away Mid-Century Cottage – Very Nice – near
Café Collage*

            http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5652128?s=ffK61UMD

                  Lodging in Grass Valley and Nevada City – *Generally Good*
-

                  http://www.aboutnevadacounty.com/lodging/

The following weekend, Sunday May 21st at 6:30pm, I will be performing at
the *Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore* in a tribute concert to the
late great mandolinist *U. Srinivas*. The performance will feature
Srini-ji’s brother, *U Rajesh*, on mandolin along with vocalist
*Karthik*; *Fazal
Qureshi* on tabla; *Gino Banks*, drums and *Harmeet Manseta*, keyboards.

https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/cbeyond0517

https://www.facebook.com/Artecompass/#

…and New York friends !! straight from Singapore to the *Nicholas Music
Center at Rutgers*, New Jersey to perform with my dear friends *Vishwa M
Bhatt* on Mohan Veena (Indian slide guitar) , *Krishna Bhatt* on sitar
and *Nihar
Metha* on tabla.

 *May 25th …at 7:30pm*

Tickets available:

http://events.sulekha.com/sangam-confluence-of-classical-folk-fusion-music_event-in_new-brunswick-nj_313019

For bulk bookings or student discount:

Contact *Ashish Desai 973-652-6607* & *Jagadish Christian 201-240-6019*

*June 25th , Stanford Jazz Festival*

And last…. but certainly not least…we are delighted to be invited back to
the Stanford Jazz Festival for another *Indian Jazz Journey*. This time
featuring the extraordinary *Mahesh Kale *(Nat’l Award Best Male Vocalist)
on vocals with our awesome ASPADA team, *Osam Ezzeldin *(Billy Cobham,
Giovanni Hidalgo) piano, *Kai Eckhardt *(John McLaughlin Garaj Mahal) bass
and* Selvaganesh* *Vinayakram* (Remember Shakti, Jonas Hellborg) on
percussion.